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Richard L. Doty, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery
Director, Smell & Taste Center
215-662-6580

Hometown
Colorado Springs, Colorado

College

Colorado State University, BS Psychology/Biology, 1966

Graduate School

California State University/NASA Ames Research Center, MA, 1968
Michigan State University, PhD, 1971

Fellowship: Location

University of California, Berkeley

Fellowship: Area of Concentration
Behavioral Endocrinology

Year Appointed to Penn Faculty
1972 - Adjunct faculty
1979 - Standing faculty

Faculty Appointments

Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1994
Associate Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1989-1994(Conversion to Tenure, 1991)
Assistant Professor, Department of Otorhinolaryngology and Human Communication, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, 1980-1989
Director, Smell and Taste Center, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, 1980
Associate Member and Head, Human Olfaction Section, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1976-1978
Assistant Member, Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1974-1976
Instructor, Department of Psychology, California State University, San Francisco, California;
Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, California, 1971-1972

Areas of Expertise
Olfaction
Gustation
Behavioral Endocrinology
Psychophysics

Areas of Special Interest

Neurodegenerative Diseases
Olfaction
Gustation
Behavioral Endocrinology
Psychophysics

Current Research Interests

Neurodegenerative Diseases
Olfaction
Gustation
Behavioral Endocrinology
Psychophysics

Research Grants
"Olfaction in Epilepsy," National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 2000-2005"

Postmenopausal Estrogen Influences on Olfaction," National Institute on Aging, 2000-2005"

University of Pennsylvania Clinical Smell and Taste Research Center", National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, 1980-1993; 1983-1988; 1988-1993;
1993-2000

Histopathology of the Olfactory System in Neurodegenerative Disorders, University of Pennsylvania Research Foundation, 1993-1994

Early Diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease and Parkinsonism, National Institute on Aging, Principal Investigator, RO1 AG 08148, 1989-1992

Multimodal Sensory Function in Neurodegenerative Disorders, National Institute on Aging, Pilot Study Principal Investigator, Alzheimer's Disease Center, 1992

Functional Studies of Olfaction in Alzheimer's Disease, Pilot Study Funding, National Institutes of Health and the Center for the Study of Aging, Principal Investigator, 1988-1989

The Nasal Cycle and its Relationship to REM/NREM, Body Movement and Hemispheric Cerebral Activity During Sleep, Eleanor Dana Clinical Research Center for Sleep Disorders, Principal Investigator, 1988-1989

Investigation of Mechanisms Underlying Odor Recognition, U.S. Army Office of Research, Principal Investigator, 1981-1983

A Psychophysical and Psychophysiological Analysis of Olfactory and Trigeminal Nasal Chemosensitivity in Normal, Chemically-Sensitive, and Anosmic Humans, Intramural Research Support Grant, University of Pennsylvania, Principal Investigator, 1980-1983

Examination of Animal Olfactory Discrimination of Explosive Vapors and Vapor Taggants using Operant Conditioning, The Aerospace Corporation, Co-Principal Investigator,
1979-1980

Dental and Organoleptic Evaluation of an Oral Rinse Product, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Co-Principal Investigator, 1979-1980

Hormonal Influences upon Human Nasal Chemoreception, NIH, Principal Investigator,
1975-1978

Honors & Awards
University of Pennsylvania: William Osler Patient- Oriented Research Award (2003)
Olfactory Research Fund: Scientific Sense of Smell Award (2000)
"2000 Outstanding Scientists of the 20th Century" International Biographical Centre, Cambridge, England (1999)
Lambda Chi Alpha's Hall of Fame (1996)
James A. Shannon Award, National Institutes of Health (1996)
Who's Who in the World (1994)
Who's Who in America (1991)
Who's Who in the East (1990)
Who's Who among Human Services Professionals (1990)
Who's Who in Technology Today (1986)
First Annual Psi Chi Faculty Award, University of Colorado (1979)
NIH Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (1973-1975)
NIMH Predoctoral Research Fellowship (1970-1971)
NIH Predoctoral Trainee in Experimental Psychology (1969-1970)
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Predoctoral Trainee (1967-1968)
Psi Chi (Psychology Honorary Society)

Recent Publications
Choudhury, E.S., Moberg, P. & Doty, R.L. Influences of age and sex on a microencapsulated odor memory test. Chemical Senses 28: 799-805, 2003.

Connelly, T., Farmer, J.M., Lynch, D.R. & Doty, R.L. Olfactory dysfunction in degenerative ataxias. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 74: 1435-1437, 2003. 

Doty,R.L. (Ed): Handbook of Olfaction and Gustation. 2nd Edition. NY: Marcel Dekker, 2003, pp. 2000+

Doty, R.L., Philip, S., Reddy, K. and Kerr, K-L. Influences of antihypertensive and antihyperlipidemic drugs on the senses of taste and smell: a review. Journal of Hypertension 21: 1805-1813, 2003.

Doty, R.L., Wudarski, T.J. & Hastings, L. Marijuana odor perception: studies modeled from probable cause cases. Law & Human Behavior 28:223-233, 2004.Loucks,

C.A. & Doty, R.L. Effect of stimulus duration on electrogustometric thresholds. Physiology & Behavior 81: 2004, 1-4.

Macknin, J.B., Higuchi, M., Lee, V. M.-Y., Trojanowski, J. & Doty, R.L. Olfactory dysfunction occurs in transgenic mice overexpressing human tau protein. Brain Research 1000: 174-178, 2004.

Patel, S. J., Bollhoefer, A. & Doty, R.L. Influences of ethanol ingestion on olfactory function in humans. Psychopharmacology 171: 429-434, 2004.

Doty RL, Bagla R, Kim N. Physostigmine Enhances Performance on an Odor Mixture Discrimination Test. Physiology & Behavior 65(4/5):801-804, 1999.

Doty RL, Li C, Bagla R, Huang W, Pfeiffer C, Brosvic GM, Risser JM. SKF 38393 Enhances Odor Detection Performance. Psycho-pharmacology 136:75-82, 1998.

Doty RL, Fernandez AD, Levine MA, Moses A, McKeown DA. Olfactory Dysfunction in Pseudohypoparathyroidism: Dissociation for GS-alpha Protein Deficiency. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 82:247-250, 1997.

Doty RL, Li C, Mannon L, Yousem DG. Olfactory Dysfunction in Multiple Sclerosis. New England Journal of Medicine 336:1918-1919, 1997.

Doty RL, Yousem DM, Pham LT, Kreshak AA, Lee WW. Olfactory Dysfunction in Patients with Head Trauma. Archives of Neurology
54:1131-1140, 1997.
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